An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-05-26T17:46:24

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:11:44.431Z

Reserved: 2022-03-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-26688

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-05-26T18:15:09.247

Modified: 2022-06-08T18:09:14.597

Link: CVE-2022-26688

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